Christine Blank, a veteran freelance writer and editor, covers all aspects of the seafood industry, from fishing to processing to selling and serving the final product. When she is not writing for SeafoodSource, Christine gets to taste scrumptious seafood dishes at U.S. restaurants for her food and travel blog, Flavorful Excursions (www.flavorfulexcursions.net). Christine loves to eat seafood of any kind, but lobster, crab and crawfish are among her favorites. In addition to SeafoodSource.com and SeaFood Business, Christine’s articles have been published in hundreds of leading magazines and newspapers, such as The New York Times, USA Today and Associated Press.
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Samut Sakhon, Thailand-based seafood company Thai Union Group has claimed that restaurant chain Red Lobster, of which Thai Union once owned a minority share, owes the group around USD 3.7 million (EUR 3.4 million) due to sudden changes in demand forecasts for shrimp.
An investigation to determine whether that claim is valid is now underway.
Thai Union said it built up an excess inventory of shrimp in late 2023 that was custom-produced for Red
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Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Trident Seafoods and Ocean Beauty Seafoods are targeting different buyers with their salmon nugget products, with the former company aiming to get their salmon nuggets into U.S. schools and the latter company targeting retailers.
Trident executives recently attended the School Nutrition Association Annual National Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, where they encouraged U.S. school foodservice buyers to check
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Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.-based seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster has canceled an auction to sell its assets scheduled for 23 July, announcing Fortress Credit will be purchasing the company’s assets.
In the auction cancellation notice, filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando, Red Lobster said that no other entities besides its stalking horse bidder Fortress Credit had submitted bids to buy the company
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Conagra Brands, which manufactures Mrs. Paul’s and Van de Kamp’s seafood products, along with other major brands such as Healthy Choice, reported net sales for its fiscal fourth quarter declined 2.3 percent, while net sales for its 2024 fiscal year dropped 1.8 percent to USD 12.1 billion (EUR 11.1 billion).
Conagra’s Refrigerated & Frozen segment saw its sales decrease 3.8 percent to USD 1.2 billion (EUR 1.1
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Miami, Florida, U.S.A.-based Blue Star Foods has criticized the actions of Steven Atkinson, the owner of the land that its Taste of B.C. Aquafarms (TOBC) recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farm is on in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
Former TOBC Founder Steve Atkinson and his wife, Janet Atkinson, landlords of the property, terminated TOBC’s lease on 15 July after notifying the company on 8 July that the company would have to
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